Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.

The ocean does not reject any water; therefore it is great. The mountain does not select its stones; therefore it is great.

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

The more we understand our mind, the more we understand the world.

The more you give, the more you have. That's the economics of kindness.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

The true path is not difficult; just avoid picking and choosing.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

The nature of everything is empty and clear, and the mind is beyond both existence and nonexistence.

Observe the reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery.

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

The practice of mindfulness is simply to bring awareness to what we are doing, what we are saying, and what we are thinking.

All beings by nature are Buddha, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddha.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

Buddhas and ordinary beings are not two. Enlightenment and delusion are not different paths.

Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as your capacity to ground your attention in the present moment.

The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement.